piecedadj.
/piːst/, U.S. /pist/ 1. Composed or made up of pieces joined together.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > state of being composite > [adjective]
compoundc1400
jointc1400
pieced1419
mixed?a1425
complexionatec1430
partyc1500
concrete1536
compost?1541
united1567
composed1570
compounded1570
integral1588
compositive1601
integrate1601
complicate1638
complexa1652
complicated1667
composite1678
co-unala1711
conglomerate1835
polylithic1961
1419–20 Will in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 220 To Robard leget my pesid Bowe.
1569 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 305 Also I gyue to ffrancis walker my peaced bowe.
1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. xxvii. sig. P5 A peeced stuffe of diuers colours of diuers raggs.
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ix. 158 What a medley motley pieced Map have you made of this half Tribe of Manasseth!
1760 S. Fielding Ophelia II. xxxvi. 72 To descend..down a pieced Ladder..appeared..terrible.
1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. viii. 87 A larger number of solid and perfect small shafts, or a less number of pieced and cemented large ones.
1929 Needlecraft Apr. 7/2 What used to be called ‘laid-work’ as distinguished from pieced patchwork.
1991 House Beautiful Kitchens/Baths Winter 34/1 (advt.) Feast your eyes on America's largest selection of handmade..quilts, including..hand appliquéd and pieced curtains.
2. Mended or patched; cobbled together; (figurative) imperfect, flawed.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [adjective] > restored > in a makeshift manner
patched1447
pieced1542
society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [adjective] > mended or repaired
pieced1542
repaireda1547
mended1895
serviced1906
1542 H. Brinkelow Lamentacion sig. Aviii Is Christ a peced God, or a patched redeamer?
1567 T. Harding Reioindre to M. Iewels Replie against Masse xiv. f. 233v His patched and peeced allegations.
1616 B. Jonson Epicœne i. i, in Wks. I. 532 A poxe of her autumnall face, her peec'd beauty. View more context for this quotation
1638 in F. W. Steer Farm & Cottage Inventories Mid-Essex 1635–1749 (1969) 80 One old dish Cupboard and one old boull... 3 old peest Kettells.
1708 Exact Abridgm. Statutes 169 The Aulnager shall not Seal a pieced Cloth.
1787 G. Graglia Ital. & Eng. Pocket Dict. (at cited word) Rabberciáto, patched, pieced.
1867 Michigan University Mag. Oct. 16 A pieced and patched one [sc. style] that deserves the name of eclectic.
a1909 G. E. Evans Coll. Verse (1928) 139 His boots are pieced and his tie home-made, And his trousers patched where the edge was frayed.
2000 Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (Nexis) 16 Mar. a11 Just look at the pieced and patched-together corrals.
Compounds
With adverbs, as pieced-together, pieced-up. Cf. piece v. Phrasal verbs.
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1656 A. Cowley Davideis i. 10 in Poems The infected King..started back at piec'ed-up shapes, which feare And his distracted Fancy painted there.
1769 D. Dalrymple Exam. Arguments for High Antiq. Regiam Majestatem iii. 51 They are all..transcripts or pieced-up shreds from various laws.
1854 N.-Y. Daily Times 9 May 5/5 This is no pieced-up or manufactured article.
1872 Scribner's Monthly Sept. 638/2 A pieced-up and turned garment.
1901 Daily Chron. 16 Oct. 3/3 A mere pieced-together book.
1935 Z. N. Hurston Mules & Men i. ii. 45 Yeah, he built it on a rock, but it wasn't solid. It was a pieced-up rock.
2003 Financial Mail (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 28 Mar. 32 This is going to be a really pieced-up job.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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